" CHRISTIANITY 101" THIS IS MY PRAYER OF HOPE TO THINK AND DO ALL IN LOVE! WHATSOEVER THINGS THAT ARE TRUE, HONEST, JUST, PURE, LOVELY, OF GOOD REPORT, IF THERE BE ANY VIRTUE, AND IF THERE BE ANY WAY TO GIVE PRAISE TO GOD, THESE ARE THE THINGS I TRY TO THINK ABOUT…BASED ON PHILLIPIANS 4:8 I CLAIM THIS BASED BY ALL OF GODS WORD, PRAYING MY THOUGHTS HONOR THE MIND OF CHRIST.

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First of all, as my disclaimer:

I am not a psychiatrist, I am not in the business, of telling anybody, why they have a mental illness.

But, I am someone who has learned so much from God. And I have seen things in the spirit realm that have taught me, there is a connection between spiritualism and mental illness. Or the battle in the mind. The sense of no peace, the challenge of being stable. Or unstable.

It comes from two sources. And you have to see this from the perspective of your own spirit. Either good or evil. God or the devil. And the foundation of your mental health, will be determined by your spiritual health.

Who rules your spirit? This is the question, you most definitely need to ask yourself. To find out yourself within, who rules your soul? Because this will determine your behavior, and your motives, your mental health, by your spiritualism.

By the choices you make, with God, or the devil. You have no other choice. You may think you do, but it will always result from the consequences, of the choice to believe in God. Or the enemy.

By your choice….this is always a choice. But the principles are in place, and will determine “fruit.”

To obey God, to take His commandments, His law to heart. To fear God, to depart from evil, and to submit to God. Or to give into the devil. To disobey God. With Temptations, disbelief, etc. See the difference.

Scripture tells us, “submit” to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. That key word, is “submitting” to God. Until you do, you will have that battle in the mind. See the enemy is a spirit of confusion. He is known to come, kill, steal, and destroy. He is a mocker. He is jealous, he was of God, so he is also jealous if you try and make God your Lord and savior. He wants to steal the glory from God.

SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. JAMES 4:7. KJV.

So, if you do not believe in God, you will be tossed to and fro. That spirit, will dominate you, and your behavior, so that you may do things that are not kind, good, or even healthy for yourself. The spirit, will lead you to do things, that are evil. To even think evil. You may have not acted on those thoughts, but they are there, and that is sin. For lack of a better word. So that will dictate to you, and control you, in what you do.

THAT WE HENCEFORTH BE NO MORE CHILDREN, TOSSED TO AND FRO, AND CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE, BY THE SLEIGHT OF MEN AND CUNNING CRAFTINESS, WHEREBY THEY LIE IN WAIT TO DECEIVE. EPHESIANS 4:14. KJV.

See the above scripture, reinforces what I am always saying about doctrine, because other bible versions are corrupt. And it deceives. You will be tossed to and fro, even if you think you are safe, your not, because your word is corrupt, if you use these fake versions.

If a person, is totally submitted to Christ. Even by the word they choose in a King James. Wanting to obey God, fearing God of consequences of sin, prayerful, in a relationship, the spirit, of God, will lead. There will be no mental illness.

FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. I CORINTHIANS 2:16 KJV.

I don’t care what people think or try to dictate to me, I know the difference. They have not walked in my shoes. They may mock. But God is not mocked, and they will reap that. But I know, I have had my part, to try and please God. To pray, to obey Him, His commandments. To love….

You see, I was lost. When I was lost that spirit, of the devil led me, and I made so many mistakes in judgment, and in my own personal life. My moral code, was damaged, because I did not submit to God. I actually had no moral code. Or fear of God. Concerning consequences on earth, or if I had died. And that is a very dangerous place to be. Because we will all stand before God. Hell is real. Hell on earth is just as real. I thank Him and praise Him that He saved me, taught me.

But when God found me, and I recall the night, I had a revelation of who Christ was. I submitted to God. For your own revelation, think of what Christ did for you on that cross.

Now you cannot, be partial in this, and just say you believe in God. Because scripture tells us, even the devil believes in God.

The key is totally giving your heart, life, mind, soul to God, so you can grow spiritually. So you can have peace. Scripture also tells us, that there is no peace to the wicked.

Begin by repenting. Even if you don’t think you have done anything wrong. This cleans the slate. Be humble in the sight of God. Ask God to forgive you. Even for unbelieving. This is why I actually believe in daily repentance. Because we can sin, even unknowingly. and we all do sin, folks, and come short of the glory of God. Our works, can be filthy rags….

The way to enrich your mind, is get a King James bible. As you know, I do not support any other bible. Because they are corrupted. Exactly what the enemy wants you to do, so you get static. You get part truth, part lie. You will not grow, until you change your word. And you may have a battle in the mind, until you do.

You have to have the mind set, to want to please God. And when you do you will be released, your eyes will be opened, and you can begin the process of healing mentally, because you are healing spiritually.

If I start to watch a movie, or read a book, that I know has evil spiritualism, I put it away from me. You don’t want to tempt yourself.

And you don’t want to let in spirits, that have been cleansed back into your soul. They will come in worse, in greater capacity, that is not great for your soul.

THEN GOETH HE, AND TAKETH WITH HIMSELF SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS MORE WICKED THEN HIMSELF, AND THEY ENTER IN AND DWELL THERE: AND THE LAST STATE OF THAT MAN IS WORSE THAN THE FIRST. EVEN SO SHALL IT BE ALSO UNTIL THIS WICKED GENERATION. MATTHEW 12:45 KJV.

The bottom line is, to be in fear of God, by choosing His Holy spirit, to guide you. So, you can be healed mentally. I truly believe that. With all my heart. See you fear God, so you don’t have to have fear in the mind of something or someone else. Thats the key:

FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; BUT OF POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF A SOUND MIND. II TIMOTHY 1:7. KJV.

I always recommend, finding help, if you are in that desperate place. But God will help you, if you seek Him. And I hope you find your way, take this to heart. Because Christ, is the way, the truth, and life. Read John 14:6 from a King James.

Feel free to share this post, you might help someone, see why they act the way they do. You might save a soul.

If I was searching for religion, I would want truth. I would want something, that would bring me closer to God. So, I could understand myself, others, life, how to grow, how to love others, how to know what God wants. How to survive.

More then anything how to thrive in life.

There are so many reasons, to search in our spirituality, and to try and tap into religion, but I see, and I understand, why so many are turned off with religion.

Or how some get misled. Or fall into cults. Being gullible, wanting God, and believing those who say they know Him. Yet they get misled.

First of all lets just define what religion is, or what it is to me since, I am writing this:

Religion, is rules, regulations, rituals, traditions made by men and groups. These rules, regulations, are determined and maintained, by these people, without always having the benefit of truth, from say, a King James bible.

Its not really based on truth, or what God says, but what this group, or people, or persons have determined as truth, and has nothing to do with real relationship with God, through Jesus Christ.

These people leave out one great element, and that is love. Not the fleshy kind of love, from lust. I am talking about holy love. Love that comes from loving God first, then by love for Gods truth, His commandments. And just Him. And loving others. Strange how they leave that love out. And that it is a commandment. They leave it out. They say mean spirited things, that don’t sound like that love. You have to listen carefully.

The sad thing though, is many claim they do. They claim this is what God wants, or they claim this is what they believe scriptures say. They twist, manipulate scriptures, and either corrupt the truth, to base their thoughts on. But their is an element of deceit, in how they discern, or understand, what the scriptures say. They put their own slant on it, and thereby corrupting what the truth is. They pick and choose.

Beware of those who flatter, or tickle your ears, and don’t give complete truth. You need to know what the hell and brimstone message is, so you can repent, and get right with God.

Many churches, false leaders do not teach the fear of God. Nor do they teach what scriptures say about the consequences of sin. That there is a price to be paid, if one is not right with God, and that hell is the sinners destination.

Its here in the King James scriptures, in many other places, of this bible, and if you are not seeing scriptures on hell, in your corrupt revision. It could be you are not seeing it from a King James bible. GET A KING JAMES BIBLE. Its holy, and we are commanded anyway not to change it, so that means not using something that has been changed.

If you are not hearing that message clearly, at church, that is a spirit of religion, and I would leave that church. A true pastor will not only warn his parishioners about hell, but he will love them from the pulpit, like Christ would. Like a true shepherd, as Christ is.

I just saw a movie on Netflix, about a pastor, who departed from truth, and has an “inclusive” message, where he believes everybody is saved anyway. And where he did not believe there was a hell. And that message is so wrong. But I can only imagine when he meets a searching soul, who believes that nonsense, he will be used by the devil to deceive that soul. And the movie was good, but it lacked strong conviction, that this pastors message is wrong. As I viewed it, it comes from a place where its sympathetic. And sympathy is nice, but he still needs to see, his message misleads. And he is the blind leading the blind. He does become branded a Heretic. But its so vague, that only one who truly knows truth, could discern, the difference.

The movie is entitled: Come Sunday, if you are interested, in seeing it, and by what I share with you, maybe you can relate. Because if you saw someone standing by hells fire, you need to shout to them to repent, and get away from it. Because hell is real.

Maybe this is why I write. Because I see so many fall for false prophets, and their lies. They believe the wolves in sheeps clothing.

I want to warn you, now, to search for God yourself. Don’t let your mind, soul, spirit be swayed by lies, or part truth, and part lies. You need to search for God yourself. So you can know. Religion, will not do that.

Its a turn off to many. And I understand it. The worst kind, of religion, is when someone says they are a Christian, but they twist, and manipulate, pick and choose the scriptures they want, but leave out everything else God says. Religion. Rules made by men or women, to justify what they want you to think. And its wrong.

I have been seeing so many wolves in sheeps clothing, if you see some of my writings, lately, and what I have been writing, you can tell, I have been watching some in the body of Christ, who call themselves “Christians” and they have religion, instead of taking the truth of the gospel, and applying it to bring truth, to even those who would even listen to them.

So, if I was searching, which I am not, because I know truth, to set me free. One could be turned off, by these phony prophets, these phony Christians, and one might totally reject God, and thats so wrong.

I know the difference between religion and relationship, and I have relationship with Christ, by what He did on that cross, by my King James bible, and through prayer. By seeing, I needed to repent. By seeing, I need to fear God, and try to obey Him.

I am not searching, because I know God, according to my King James bible, by my own trial and error, and by repenting, clearing the slate. I know, because I do fear God, and thats something that keeps me out of hot water. But I search for my Lord daily, and that is where I know the difference. I know His voice, and to another, I will not follow.

AND WHEN HE PUTTETH FORTH HIS OWN SHEEP, HE GOETH BEFORE THEM, AND THE SHEEP FOLLOW HIM: FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE. AND A STRANGER WILL THEY NOT FOLLOW, BUT WILL FLEE FROM HIM: FOR THEY KNOW NOT THE VOICE OF STRANGERS.

JOHN 10:4-5 King James.

Look, I don’t know who my audience is here. But don’t let religion, or false prophets, or mean spirited Christians turn you off from God. Don’t stop searching for God.

You may have met someone who turned you off totally in this great quest for God, that you believe, that people who have “religion” have traits, that have shocked your senses. And that we are all the same. We are not!

And you don’t want anything to do with them. I understand that. I stay away from them too. But I do search for God, and He and I share, and I understand, what His truth is. You need truth, friend.

Don’t search for religion friend. Search for God, search for the relationship you can obtain, by truly searching for the King of Kings. Like I said, in my last post, about Joyce Meyers, one should follow Christ. Never a person.

I would start by just a prayer. Repenting, admitting, your sins. Asking God to cleanse your soul, asking God to forgive you. Telling, God you want to love truly, based on who He is, not what someone has told you. Or implemented as a rule for you.

See there are rules and regulations, His commandments and laws, and if you want to please God, you need to see yourself what they are, so you have to search. Don’t deny the law. Don’t listen to messages that tell you that you don’t need the law. We do.

I recommend a King James bible. For holiness. Those that read my writings, know, I promote this very much. Because I have seen the corruption, the compromising of changing the word, so it deceives. So use only a King James bible.

Pray to Him daily. And I also believe in daily repentance to God. Every day, we can sin, if we don’t repent. This keeps the slate clean. Talk to Him. He is your greatest friend. He will never leave or forsake you. He will be there, but you have the responsibility of maintaining the relationship yourself.

You need to keep it up, or you will get cold. If you have gotten cold, repent, start over, and begin maintaining the relationship with all your heart, soul and mind.

Grow, love, and always remember what Christ did for you on the cross, is not religion, but relationship, so you can be right before the Father, God almighty.

Yes, I understand how religion can turn people off. But you have a duty for your own soul, to search for God, in this thing called relationship.

WHEN PEOPLE CROSS YOUR BOUNDARIES YOU MAY NEED TO BE CRUEL TO BE KIND FOR SELF-RESPECT ~

By Christian Author….Elena Ramirez

Sometimes you have to see there are boundaries no one should ever cross in respect. And sometimes you do have to be cruel to be kind, especially when you love people. You say enough is enough.

You realize if you don’t, you will lose your own self respect. And that’s a curse, because you don’t see, you are a child of the King. Sometimes we have to realize who we are in Christ, and what Christ did for us, on that cross, cleanses us. By His grace.

We are the head, and not the tail!

AND THE LORD SHALL MAKE THEE THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL: AND THOU SHALT BE ABOVE ONLY, AND THOU SHALT NOT BE BENEATH: IF THOU HEARKEN UNTO THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO OBSEVE AND TO DO THEM. DEUTERONOMY 28:13. KJV.

And nobody should ever go past the boundaries of respect. EVER!

It is sad, but sometimes, people mistake a good nature, a kindness, as weakness, and they challenge that. They cross boundaries. But it is a strength to be kind, and nice, but there are those boundaries, where you say no more.

You then become cruel to be kind. You stand up for yourself, and what is right, in the sight of God. With courage. You call it for what it is, with truth. Because the truth sets us all free.

This is how it is I believe with God. He is extending grace to all of us. But there will be a time, when hell will be paid, if we do not see His ways. And repent, because we reap what we sow. And His wrath will be revealed.

Do you see why I have fear of God? Because I do.

But, I know the difference, with people. It’s not a matter of pride, it’s a matter of dignity. And when someone realizes they crossed that boundary and is accountable they grow! Apologies. Respect go hand in hand. Gods grace is not silent.

It seems, I meet a lot of people who try to cross my boundaries, with disrespect. Well I rebuke that as well, I am breaking this cycle by sadly walking away. By being mean to be kind.

It seems people cross that boundary. In matters of my faith, in matters of friendship, in matters of privacy, and even in matters of common courtesy.

I guess, I have just come from a place, where I say enough is enough. Where I may even sound, or seem hurtful myself, and I have come out swinging. And my nature as a warrior, is contributed by that, because I did have to fight to survive. Growing up.

Yet, I cannot let someone steal my peace, so I walk away. Oh I know, I cannot cross boundaries myself, and I must maintain self-control. I must be careful not to return evil for evil. Am I perfect at this? No. Sadly but I do repent. And strive for His excellence in these matters.

And I have loved people, and sadly, many have walked away, or I walked away from them, because they showed no respect. There are personal boundaries, that I will not allow someone to cross. And the worst lately, for me, is the silent treatment.

I will not tolerate that. Because it is a sign of rejection. And a sign of disrespect. Its a form of manipulation, to punish me, when I know, I did not deserve that.

I will not tolerate, obscenities to be spoken about me, or against me. Or gestures that may not be spoken but that are the same. As an obscenity. I will not tolerate lies, as well. I know who I am, in Christ.

For me, its a matter, of maintaining my dignity, in Christ. When I know I have forgiven. Others. When I know, I do not deserve treatment like that, because I am a child of the King.

I may sound harsh. I may sound mean. But if I have to be cruel to be kind, then maybe the person, who is being used by the enemy will see their own errors. No! I will not take that.

I will speak truth, because thats the only thing that sets us free. And maybe thats why I am hated. But I would rather please my God, then people.

And I am determined to prove my trustworthiness to God. It is my goal. But I cannot do that if I myself, am in denial. And not walking in love. And not doing my part, to maintain who I am in Christ. He sees, everything, and why people don’t grasp that is beyond me.

But oh well…. I cannot be cowardly in these matters of finding my own dignity, and respect.

See we all have to grow. If we really want to have a healthy spirit, with Christ. And there are boundaries, we sometimes have to see, and say no, enough is enough.

Now if people are smart enough they will see the error of their own ways, and not cross those boundaries, but also, repent to God, and apologize to those you have taken advantage of disrespectfully.

That spirit comes from the enemy. There are clues, that indicate this:

1. A spirit of manipulation. (are you trying to make someone do something, by being manipulative? ) Thats wrong, and dishonest in the sight of God.

2. Are you being a false witness? Are you accusing someone else, because you just want to be vindictive? You need to really see the error of your own ways…..

3. Do you really forgive, or do you bring it back up? And if you do forgive, then forgive but don’t throw something back at someones face to be a false witness. Thats a lie from hell to do so. Because forgiveness is covered by the blood of Jesus.

4. Are you jealous? That spirit, leads right to the devil, for that is one of his characteristics. You have to see it.

5. Are you in denial? You cannot see your own errors, but you try to put it on someone else disrespectfully? That is wrong, in the sight of God, and you will never grow.

6. Do you have the spirit of pride? That pride will always try to puff yourself up, and you will never admit your own wrong doing, because you cannot bear to let anybody see you humble. Thats so wrong.

7. Do you walk out of love, and make it all about you. How narcissistic that is, and again, another characteristic from the devil. SELF.

Yes, walking away hurts. Especially when you love people. But I have learned, as much as I do hate confrontation, I have to confront people like that. And tell them, what bothers me, so I can get my own dignity back with respect.

And either they take it for what its worth, and see the error of their own ways. Or they do not. But I do not need friendships that are not based on any kind of mutual respect. I do not need to be anybodies punching bag.

Being cruel to be kind, does not cross lines as well. Returning evil for evil. And I know for my own part, it may seem harsh, and evil as well.

But I repent. And thats the difference, because I know, the only way God will guide me, and help me grow, is if I am in that place of humbleness. Yes we all make mistakes, but I know the key is knowing who you are in Christ. Not crossing boundaries, and yes repenting, and apologizing.

Just sharing some thoughts today on the matter. You see, I need to get healthy myself spiritually, and I need to maintain those boundaries for my own growth in Christ. Sometimes you do put up walls, so you can protect yourself. So others will not cross that boundary.

Is that being cruel to be kind? I don’t know, all I know, is when I am done. And right now, I am done. Until I see something to change my mind and heart, back to respect.

HE THAT HATH NO RULE OVER HIS OWN SPIRIT IS LIKE A CITY THAT IS BROKEN DOWN, AND WITHOUT WALLS. PROVERBS 25:28 KJV.

Love and blessings,

Elena

Please Note: I was going to make this a “Note To Self”: For my new blog, which consists of a thoughts and prayer, with scripture as the format.

But was led to put it here. Blessings, check out my new blog…..sign up for it, and please share this. You may just help someone, who needs to see this truth. Love you in Christ, Elena

What is a lost soul? Hmm…. You know, as a seasoned Christian, I think I can identify it, by my own life. I can say, I have been lost.

I have been found. By Christ. But, I have and had my part in this matter as well.

I WILL SEEK THAT WHICH WAS LOST, AND BRING AGAIN THAT WHICH WAS DRIVEN AWAY, AND WILL BIND UP THAT WHICH WAS BROKEN, AND WILL STRENGTHEN THAT WHICH WAS SICK; BUT I WILL DESTROY THE FAT AND THE STRONG: I WILL FEED THEM WITH JUDGMENT. EZEKIEL 34:16. KJV.

A lost soul, is someone who has lost their way, because they are not seeking Christ. Urgently, and in a relationship. Not religion. Please do not confuse religion, rules, regulations, rituals, and traditions made by men, and groups.

I am talking about a moment to moment relationship, and a prayer life, that is constant with Christ. Seeking truth, from your King James bibles. I am talking about someone who has seen the error of their ways, and made Christ their Lord and savior. They believe. But not only do they believe, they actively pursue Christ.

And even if you are a Christian, you can get lost, we all can get lost from time to time.

And the thing is, that there is an enemy, who only wants to deceive, and lead you away from Christ. The enemy does not want you to seek the light.

The enemy does not want you to seek truth, seek the way, the truth, and the life in Christ. (John 14:6 KJV) The enemy, wants a soul to be lost. This is where the enemy wants to lure you into his kingdom of darkness, and that is to be eternally lost.

I feel the urgency lately, to first to speak to my brothers and sisters in Christ, to implore you to guard your salvation. Cherish it. Remember what Christ did on the cross for you. Be humble, be love, forget about the pride, throw away those things that corrupt the inner person. Do not lose your way. DO NOT GET LOST! Be repentant daily….

Remember the way, is narrow…

ENTER YE IN AT THE STRAIGHT GATE FOR WIDE IS THE GATE, AND BROAD IS THE WAY, THAT LEADETH TO DESTRUCTION, AND MANY THERE BE WHICH GO IN THEREAT: BECAUSE STRAIGHT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS THE WAY, WHICH LEADETH UNTO LIFE, AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT. MATTHEW 7:13-14. KJV.

Do you see that last sentence from my King James Bible? It says that there are few that find it. Few…. Are you one of those few, who may not find it, because you are lost?

Friend, only you can determine where you are with Christ. Only you know where you have been? Spiritually, in the light or darkness? We can lose our moral compass, and get lost.

But I implore you, if you have first not made Christ your Lord, and savior, you are in darkness. This is not a joke. This is something, I hope you read, and take to heart.

Because the bottom line is, there is a line, we can cross into light or darkness. And you do not want to play with your salvation. You do not want to lose it, and you do not want to lose a chance to gain, eternal security with Christ. Why do I say this, because again, I have had spiritual battles, where the enemy wants to deceive me.

A little history, here, as a testimony. I accepted Christ as Lord and savior, when I was young. But, I got “Lost” I played with my salvation. When I got older, I sinned, I wanted the ways of the world. I hit the bottom of the barrel so to speak, and not every body may do that, but I thank God I did, because it did teach me to value my salvation.

It taught me to seek Christ, whole heartily, and with every ounce of my being. Because I was a “backslider” I truly believe, if I had died, during that time, before, hell would have been my destination. I would have lost my salvation.

So do not argue with a soul, who has been there, done that. I know. Salvation can be lost. But I seek to always obey God. By His commandments. Do you?

I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP; SEEK THY SERVANT: FOR I DO NOT FORGET THY COMANDMENTS. PSALM 119:176. KJV.

Some people do not hit hard, like I did. Not all people are the same, not all experiences are the same. But the deception is, you may think life is fine and dandy, but you are lost. You may have everything going for you, but you are “lost.” Friend, I implore you, whether you accepted Christ as Lord and savior, or not, do not lose your way. Do not play with your salvation.

Now the deception is this, that comes from the enemy. He wants you to think once saved is always saved. But its not. Because sin, separates us from God.This is King James scriptural. Look up that scripture. In a King James Bible. Without repentance, that sin, will separate you from heaven, when you leave this earth.

The enemy also wants to deceive you by the Bible you use, so use a King James, it is holy and anointed. Friend, the deception is in the changing of the words, and they are not Gods words, they are words that come from hell itself. I have made the comparisons I know.

I implore you, if you are lost, repent. Repent, and acknowledge to God your sins. Your pride. Your short comings. Yes, because we all sin, we all come short of the glory of God. You see, we just don’t know when we are going to leave this earth. Obedience to God is so important.

And I just know, for, I just see the deception. I see, the “lost” world we live in.

I see Pastors, and Christians, that are in “la-la land”. They really are not aware, nor do they care for those who do not know truth, and they are not seeking the “lost” as Christ called us to do. They are silent. They do not have the urgency to bring people to the light. They do not witness, to others. They do not warn others. The enemy has done a number on so many, because they do not want to judge.

Quit confusing judging with warning a soul! We are called to judge righteously. And we are called to warn. See Ezekiel 33.

And if you are not sharing the gospel, trying to win a soul, you may be lost yourself.

Yes, think about that…..

BUT IF OUR GOSPEL BE HID, IT IS HID TO THEM THAT ARE LOST; IN WHOM THE god OF THIS WORLD HATH BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM WHICH BELIEVE NOT, LEST THE LIGHT OF THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF CHRIST WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD, SHOULD SHINE UNTO THEM. FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES, BUT CHRIST JESUS THE LORD, AND OURSELVES YOUR SERVANTS FOR JESUS SAKE. FOR GOD WHO COMMANDED THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, HATH SHINED IN OUR HEARTS, TO GIVE THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST.

II CORINTHIANS 4:3-6. KJV.

We must reach out to the lost. We must make sure we do not get lost ourselves. We must beware of the enemies antics. For he does come to kill, steal, and destroy. We must be totally submitted to God in fear of God, for the bottom line is, he is the one who determines whether or not we can enter into His kingdom. Yes fear God.

I feel led to write this. Perhaps, because I am a seasoned Christian now. I know, when people read my writings, or they meet me, they may see my light shine.

It may take a moment or two, because I am reserved in some ways, but if they want to get to know me, or be a friend, they will soon find out I am a Christian.

But not one size fits all, if I could use that as an analogy. We are all different. We don’t all believe the same, which is sad, but even I meet Christians, who do not agree with me, or what my King James Bible says.

And I guess, that just comes with the territory. I guess, I could blame that on different Bible versions, as to why we are not all on the same page with God. Or I could blame that on religion. Rules, regulations, rituals and traditions, that are made by men, and groups.

And I think its sad, that we are not all agreeing with what God expects. Because there are scriptures, that tell it like it is, and people do not know what it says, but they heard something, from a pastor, or in passing, and they think they have the answer.

But I truly believe in the King James Bible, for that. It is still holy, and anointed, and not corrupted. I have said, that the King James Bible is like a puzzle sometimes, the answers are here there, and throughout that book.

I have met a lot of different Christians in my lifetime. Some, that are flaky, and just say they are a Christian by name. But they don’t seem to have any true substance. Then, I have met some, who are knowledgeable, yet they get puffed up, and hit people on the head with the bible. This could be a turn off to some.

Turning people off, about God, that is just wrong, in the sight of God. We have a responsibility, to speak truth, but not to distort it. We will be accountable for the souls, we bring to the Kingdom of God, or turn away.

I want you to think about that.

I have had to be really careful with that. Because I am knowledgeable, but, I remember, what Christ said.

That we would be known by the Love. That should be the first thing you should see in a true Christian. A love, thats in their eyes, a love, that is compassionate, kind, considerate, not jealous, or competitive, but just something about them, that shows that Christ is their Lord and savior. No matter what they look like, or their status is in life, there is that love….

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:35. KJV.

If I see the love, then I am more apt to be patient with someone, even if they do not agree with me. But I have to make sure they see, my love, as well.

We are all on the vine, with Christ, so to speak at different levels. He is the vine, we are the branches. One may be seasoned, but the other may not be. And so, there is always that chance, that there will be a difference of opinion.

The thing is though, Christianity, has taken a bad rap in many ways. I have heard it to be called a religion of hate. Yet, Christ was very clear about loving God, and loving one another. It has to be seen.

I myself, have been turned off by those who have come in the name of the Lord, but they were wolves in sheeps clothing. And they have no mercy. Nor love. They also have a Pharisee spirit, and they rule by the law.

Then there are those, who have a Pharisee spirit, but they reject the law. And believe by grace only. Those are flaky, pharisee spirits to me. Because scripture is very clear, that Christ did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it.

Being a Christian, will make you different. But its a process, and a growth, and you cannot expect to have discernment, or spiritual gifts and callings, until you grow, and know holy word, and pray. By first of all being obedient to God, and yes, His laws. And fearing Him. I am not playing with words, fear God.

Scripture says, we are different. In fact, it says, we can be peculiar, if you are reading this from a King James version. Lord, only knows what it says in other Bible versions.

BUT YE ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, AN HOLY NATION, A PECULIAR PEOPLE; THAT YE SHOULD SHOW FORTH THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO HATH CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELLOUS LIGHT: WHICH IN TIME PAST WERE NOT A PEOPLE, BUT ARE NOW THE PEOPLE OF GOD: WHICH HAD NOT OBTAINED MERCY, BUT NOW HAVE OBTAINED MERCY. I PETER 2:9-10. KJV.

To get to the point, of my writing, I implore you don’t give up on God, by some of the peculiar Christians you have met, who are flaky to you. Where it may seem what they do, is crazy. Or that they even believe. Yes, there are some nutty Christians. Sad to say. But there are also some, who desire truth, in the inner parts of their soul, and they search for God, and they find Him.

For me, it began by seeing I was a sinner. That we all sin, and come short of the glory of God. I came to a place, where I hit the bottom of the barrel, and I repented, and in fact, repent daily….. letting go of pride. I gave my life to Christ, because He truly did save me. But you don’t see the fruit of that, until you come to that place where you give in to God. We can get the mind of Christ…. by the Holy Spirit.

Even though I know God, I am careful not to get puffed up, with pride, or to make myself look better then anyone. I believe in the Love Christ told us about.

I don’t come from a place, “where its name it or claim it.” Or where, I believe God is an ATM. “To holler for a dollar.” That must be so insulting to Him. Yet many have a distorted, view of who God, and is not.

Open your heart, and let God speak to you. Again, I recommend a King James bible, for it is holy, and anointed. And yes, be careful of the Christians you meet. But be careful of all people. We are to test the spirits.

If you are truly praying, and knowledgeable, about what Gods word says, you will try, and test the spirits. The Holy Spirit, will show you.

Thats all I can say for now, till I write again. But don’t reject the relationship, you can have in Christ. Thats your responsibility, not others. You have to work at it.

I write this from a place of sickness. A place, where I have the flu, or whatever it is, and it is trying to take my hope away, my trust in God, and where I feel so out of it, that I could just give up. But God… It seems, He draws out my gift, even at the worst of times….

As I try to rest, in the day, I am in a spiritual battle. My dreams, and my spirit is restless, and I hear the devil, telling me to give up. And I say no….

But God….

But God reminds me, to always fight a good fight of faith. I am a warrior. I have fought all my life to survive. And I am older now, and I have not met success, in certain ways.

Yes, my life is fruitful, because of my walk with Christ, He saved me. He pulled me out of the miry clay. Yes, my life is successful, because I do have a wonderful husband and son, who love me very much. And the devil, has tried to take that away from me many times, but God, protected me, when it came to temptation. Or just giving up, on my marriage. When there was trouble.

I used to fight and flee. Because I grew up fighting alone. But I learned to fight, and have faith. And no, I have not met goals even in my writing. I am so limited, but God is not. In who sees my writings.

But thats o.k. I will fight the good fight of faith, and continue on. I will share what the Lord puts on my heart. I will fight. Life, is precious.

But our society, does not protect life. We do not promote it, or there would not be abortion clinics, throughout our nation.

Irony of just who I am, my mother, was not able to have children. She did not want me. She did not want children. She actually took medical, advancements, to tie her tubes, and it failed. I was conceived. But she did not abort me. She did not stop the plan of God for me and my life. I was born. My father prayed for me. I am an answer to prayer.

So, I appreciate life, I appreciate the life God has given me. Especially, after I accepted Christ as my Lord and savior. I cleaned up. Quick! I repented, I saw how close I was to death, and even hell.

I will not take the cowardly way out, by ending my own life, even when things have been terrible. And they have been, throughout my life. I have missed the boat, the plane, and the train, in a lot of things. Yes, I have regrets. But I will not give up…

Recently, we have heard in the news of two people, who have given up on life. They were people in the news. By their accomplishments, by their gifts and callings. But they took a wrong turn now. By suicide. I won’t name them. My goodness, they need closure. For their family. And then there was a friend in the family, to my son. He was a young man, and he took his life.

Why?

Why do people give up? Why do they stop caring. Yes, life is hard sometimes, but don’t ever give up. That is a spirit of suicide, that goes totally against who we can be in Christ. And that comes right from hell, not God.

You have to know who Christ is, and you have to know who the devil is. And the devil, comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Read John Chapter 10 from a King James bible.

Christ, said, He came to give life, and that we “might” have it abundantly. Might? Hmm, what does that mean, when you are trying to sort out life, its situations, your hope, your faith, and you are trying, to figure out what to do?

It does not mean taking your own life, or giving up. I guess, I just come from a place of faith, because thats who I am. Because I have not always had the success, to say, my life is a success. Or that I have lived abundantly. I have not always. But I dream about it. I hope for it, and I won’t let go of God, or of my hopes, in having that life abundantly.

Some might say, because I am in my 60’s thats it, well I say, the devil is a liar.

And I know it. You see, “But God”….. has stepped in so many times, when I was at the bottom of the barrel, and saved me. Yes suicide, and giving up, are options, but not if I embrace who I am in Christ. And thats the whole point here.

I submit to God. I resist the devil, and he must flee. I do it even here, in my writing…. I submit to God, and God can fight the battle in my sickness, in my healing, in my relationships, or in my life, in general. I won’t give up.

I won’t!

I hold on, even now, and I write, and I let this out of my spirit, to proclaim it. Because there are people, who do not know God. They do not know how to believe in God, they don’t know, that there is always a chance, even if it looks like you are not promised tomorrow.

I have seen as you have, many get a bad doctors report, and they believe, thats it. Thats the end of it, just give up, take your own life, at your own pace, and they end it. Thats so wrong.

Look, my God is not an ATM. I am not going to give you a bunch of bull, and try to twist your mind, or your spirit, by telling you, just have faith.

You cannot have faith, if you do not know who God is. Thats the bottom line. You have to learn who He is. You have to know, that He is not mocked. You have to learn, and know, that He has His commandments, His ways, and we are to follow them. Not religion. Not some mans, rules, regulations, and traditions, that he established in a group, and calls it religion, or even Christianity.

When I see, the distortion of Gods holy word, by so many, by pastors, by churches, it makes me righteously angry. And I get that because, I know, the truth, the truth, that truly has set me free. When I see corrupt Bibles, that are part truth, and part lie, yes I get righteously, angry.

But yet, I don’t push my faith on anybody any more. Oh yes, I did, I would be a liar, if I did not admit that. But…. I don’t try that hard any more. I don’t give up. But I don’t try to force faith, or force belief in God. Thats His job, not mine.

But I won’t give up. Even if He does not answer my prayers. Even if He leaves me like I am right now. I won’t….

I will, write, and write, about His goodness, about what pleases Him, because I know Him. I know Him personally.

I don’t have a religion, I have a relationship with Him. And it began, the moment, I saw what He did on that cross for me. That He took those beatings, that He was nailed to the cross, and endured the pain for me. The mocking. The sorrow. He took it, so I could write this, even now to you.

Don’t give up on life! Don’t give in to the spirit of suicide, or even giving up for that matter. After He died, He went straight to hell, to get those keys from the devil, so the devil, would not have that legal right, to make you give up. Or to steal your soul. But you have to start even where you are right now….

You know how you begin?

By His holy King James word. By throwing away that pride, that stupid pride, that wants to deny there is no God. By admitting, you are a sinner. By repenting, for even giving up, on God, and on life. Because there can be a tomorrow. He can heal you. Just by what He did on that cross. He can heal you physically, and spiritually.

But you have to humble yourself in His sight. And yes, repent, daily, because we can sin daily. Many don’t like to believe this, but if you backslide, you can lose salvation, because you gave into sin. Do we not know, sin, separates us from God? This is King James scriptural. He says, He will blot out our names. Look it up…

READ THESE SCRIPTURES CAREFULLY.

BUT HE GIVETH MORE GRACE. WHEREFORE HE SAITH, GOD RESISTETH THE PROUD, BUT GIVETH GRACE UNTO THE HUMBLE. SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. DRAW NEAR TO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU. CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YE SINNERS, AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS YE DOUBLE MINDED. BE AFFLICTED, AND MOURN, AND WEEP, LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE TURNED TO MOURNING, AND YOUR JOY TO HEAVINESS. HUMBLE YOURSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND HE SHALL LIFT YOU UP. JAMES 4:6-10. KJV.

You cannot resist the devil, without submitting to God first, dear ones.

And the devil is the one, that is telling you to give up, give up on life, give up on your dreams, give up on your health. He is saying give up. He is telling you that with a spirit of suicide for whatever it is….

Don’t you dare. I raise up my sword of truth, to tell him, even now, he is a liar, and must depart, yes, I feel sick. Yes, I hurt, yes, I am sad, but I will never give up on God. I write this with tears, because I know what its like to give up. Yet, I gather myself up, even if I have to crawl on my knees. And I do…

And just this week, again, we saw souls, give up. And it grieves me. Because there is always a chance with God. If only they had submitted to God, resisted the enemy, that spirit, of suicide, and giving up, would have left them. It grieves me, because His commandment is thou shalt not kill. Killing oneself, and the temple, He resides in, is wrong.

I don’t know Gods mercy, in all things. But if I do not do my part, how can I work out my salvation, with fear and trembling, of Him. When we are commanded to fear God. That is not taught by our prolific, ministers. Because they just tickle your ears. But I have nothing to lose but my sorrows, by telling you to fear God, and don’t give up!

Sounds easy? Huh? It is if we take His yoke. He told us, take my yoke it is easy…..

TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN OF ME; FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART: AND YE SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY, AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT. Matthew 11:30-31 KJV.

Finding rest for your soul, requires your submitting to God, resisting the devil, and He will flee. This is how we find our rest.

Not by giving up. Till my last breath, I will trust God. I will submit to God, I will resist the devil. Whether or not anything else changes, or not. I will try and do it His way. For He is the way, the truth, and life.

Go to Him now, bow down, in the sight of a mighty God. Repent, tell Him you are sorry, tell Him, you want life abundantly. Let Him heal you, and cleanse you, and renew you, for a new lease in life. Read Jeremiah 17:14, it is a prayer, for healing…..

Yes, life, abundantly, by only doing that….. can start the process. There is more. A whole book, that tells you how. And its not just in the book, I wrote, “HOW TO HAVE FAITH.” But its in His holy word, a sword of truth, the King James Bible. Don’t use anything else, if you don’t want to give up.

Yes, I could keep writing, here right now, but a little food for the soul, by writing Gods word, nourishes me, and so I close till, God says, write again, Elena.

BE CAREFUL OF VOICES AND FALSE PROPHETS…..

There are many voices, many who say they are called by the Lord. Many, may have good intentions. But I am very careful who I listen to. I am very careful, not to take every bodies word on a matter. Or anybody.

I think I have learned to be careful not to criticize as well, but I am careful. I take more time to pray about it, then jump to conclusions as well. Because of the spirit of deception. How we need discernment.

You see, there are those, who are wolves, in sheeps clothing. There are those, who may look, and sound like they are sheep. But they are not. Look at their motive. Is it for Salvations, is it to win people to God? Is it for money? Do they try to bait you, so you can give money?

And when they share a word, what scriptures is it based on? If its not a King James word, I am sorry, I shut the sound off, turn away, and will not receive anybodies word, on a matter. Because to me, it is corrupted word, that is not holy and anointed. So thats a big sign to me.

Because thats a voice of deception. Friends, be careful. I know you want to grow. I know sometimes, we can be so trusting. But, there are spiritual curses, that come with some of these false prophets, and you want to avoid them. We want to remember, we know Christ’s voice, and to another we will not follow.

The goal is always again, to have the mind of Christ, and to have discernment. Be careful what you receive, what you share, and who you listen to. I say this in Christ love.

Be careful. DO NOT TRUST IN LYING WORDS THAT CANNOT PROFIT. (PARAPHRASING) SEE JEREMIAH 7:8 KJV.

TRUST YE NOT IN LYING WORDS, SAYING, THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, ARE THESE. JEREMIAH 7:4. KJV.